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Their passionate, anti-social actions during the campaign will result in a shake-down.
Lorelei Kelly: Beyond Head-Stomping -- the Democratic Battle That Awaits Lorelei Kelly 2010
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Perhaps if you're familiar with people in the transportation industry you could find a name and phone number of a high ranking official in the Monclova police dept would be willing to intervene on an RVer's part if they get stopped for a shake-down.
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Which makes every trip to the cash register not the completion of your business with the store but the beginning of a shake-down.
Lance Mannion: 2010
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Their passionate, anti-social actions during the campaign will result in a shake-down.
Lorelei Kelly: Beyond Head-Stomping -- the Democratic Battle That Awaits Lorelei Kelly 2010
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We decide to do a shake-down hike, an 11-mile tramp in which we will drop into an unnamed fissure, climb out the other side, then descend into the Lion River Gorge, which disembogues into the Fish River Canyon.
Richard Bangs: Following Brad and Angelina to Namibia, Part I Richard Bangs 2011
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I can see the beat cop not allowing the G-man to park, but he would know a shake-down would likely force the FBI detail to make it official — and the FBI does not pass up an opportunity to leak a guaranteed headline story.
Alexi Giannoulias’ (D CAND, IL-SEN) bank loaned 20 million to convicted felons. | RedState 2010
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Perhaps if you're familiar with people in the transportation industry you could find a name and phone number of a high ranking official in the Monclova police dept would be willing to intervene on an RVer's part if they get stopped for a shake-down.
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Perhaps if you're familiar with people in the transportation industry you could find a name and phone number of a high ranking official in the Monclova police dept would be willing to intervene on an RVer's part if they get stopped for a shake-down.
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These corporations are already tired of the shake-down.
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We decide to do a shake-down hike, an 11-mile tramp in which we will drop into an unnamed fissure, climb out the other side, then descend into the Lion River Gorge, which disembogues into the Fish River Canyon.
Richard Bangs: Following Brad and Angelina to Namibia, Part I Richard Bangs 2011
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